Statistical regularity of firm size distribution: the Pareto IV and truncated Yule for Italian SCI manufacturing
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Keywords
Firm size distribution; Pareto distributions; Yule distribution; Gibrat’s Law; L11; L60; C16;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- L11 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Production, Pricing, and Market Structure; Size Distribution of Firms
- L60 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Manufacturing - - - General
- C16 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Econometric and Statistical Methods; Specific Distributions
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